HEGEL - Is it really made in Norway ?

[Chinese are fully capable of building anything as well as anyone in the world.] Capable is one thing. Doing is another.

Would you buy a BMW if it was made in China?

So its racist if people don't want to buy Chinese goods because of poor build quality?

You won't see too many Chinese cars over here, though. They don't hold up well on the boat ride over. Its just too much of a strain. They can't take that kind on punishment.

Now that the Chinese are making cars, we don't make the worst ones anymore.

The Chinese re-named one of their cities to USA so they could put made in the USA on their products.

Regardless, I can't be one [racist]. I had real Chinese food last night for dinner, made by real Chinese people.

I have no idea what's in someone's heart, but these are the comments of a single person in this thread. I read these comments and I detect a anger against Chinese manufactured products. It's just assumed that Chinese products are of poor quality and there's the use of false information to support their belief. If racism, bigotry or xenophobia aren't an accurate description, then please provide a better word to describe this anger. Questioning Hegel's business practices is one thing, and I believe thoroughly legitimate, but IMO these comments are about something else. What is it really about?

BMW from China is OK but not those lemons from SC !

It not exactly racism Onhwy61. but a variation on that theme commonly called " American Exceptionalism" which most Americans believe in at some level .
More hyper-nationalist that xenophobic but all are daughters of the prime sin, Pride .

Yogi boy, what a joke that is.

Its not as bad as it looks.

"[Chinese are fully capable of building anything as well as anyone in the world.] Capable is one thing. Doing is another."

That's completely true. There's no question that China is able to manufacture goods at a high level. In many cases, they choose not to. Its not exactly a secret, and China is not the only country to do this. Probably every country has been guilty of doing the same at some time.

"Would you buy a BMW if it was made in China?"

I guess I'm going to have to stop doing this because it blows up in my face every time. I was kidding. If you notice the post above that one, you'll see that it was from Czarivey, who happens to be a big BMW fan and tech. I say stuff like that all the time. No ones ever called me a racist for it.

Just so we don't leave any stones unturned, if you go down a few more posts, you'll see this.

"08-27-15: Zd542
"08-27-15: Wolf_garcia
The horse has left the barn in a BIG way�is the computer you're using made in Detroit?"

No. But how's a computer that's made in Detroit going to help you catch a horse?"

That was a joke as well, just in case anyone was thinking otherwise.

" So its racist if people don't want to buy Chinese goods because of poor build quality?

You won't see too many Chinese cars over here, though. They don't hold up well on the boat ride over. Its just too much of a strain. They can't take that kind on punishment.

Now that the Chinese are making cars, we don't make the worst ones anymore."

Regardless, I can't be one [racist]. I had real Chinese food last night for dinner, made by real Chinese people."

Those 4 quotes are taken out of context. They were in response to my posts being accused of containing a racial element. If you were to go back and read the posts in their entirety, I think you'll see that my intent was the complete opposite. You can cherry pick any statement for words that make that same statement, have a different meaning than was originally intended.

If there was any statement in this entire thread that could be considered racist, it would be this one.

"08-30-15: P59teitel
Now now now Zd, I never claimed I wasn't racist. I only remarked that it wasn't my race being targeted here. And I also use chopsticks, so there."

I'm sure leaving it out was just an oversight.

"The Chinese re-named one of their cities to USA so they could put made in the USA on their products."

I believe I was wrong on that. One of the other posters pointed out it was Japan that did this. He's probably right. It was an article that I read years ago in college as part of a case study.

I want to see Hegel's birth certificate!
(The long form one, not the short form one)